19880508013699A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Sour Lake, TX · May 8, 1988

Date
May 8, 1988 · 21:20 local
Place
Sour Lake, TX
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3853V
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW88LA098
Reported as
Cessna 170
Reported engine
Continental C145*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
122 total31 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Indicates aircraft was flown into trees en route while trying to fly through area of low ceiling and fog at night.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN INTO TREES EN ROUTE WHILE TRYING TO FLY THROUGH AREA OF LOW CEILING AND FOG AT NIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.